Creativity & Lifestyle

Your guide to the latest developments in the creative industries.

Hong Kong designers spread wings

As a leading creative hub in Asia, Hong Kong is a natural design centre. And Mainland China, the factory of the world, is a natural outlet for Hong Kong’s design talents. China’s Anhui province, just inland of the Yangtze Delta, is eager to take on Hong Kong designs. The province is a rapidly growing smart manufacturing centre and Hefei is the site of the country’s first Advanced Technology Application and Promotion Centre.

27 November 2023

Design Food Art

Wine world sets sights on Hong Kong

As the number of oenophiles in Mainland China jumps, Hong Kong is reinforcing its wine trading hub status.

Food & Beverages Beverages Leisure Agriculture

Sport manga draws Kuala Lumpur shoppers

Love at first sight could aptly describe the relationship between MyTOWN Shopping Centre (MyTOWNKL) in Malaysia and the Universal Basketball League (UBL) in Hong Kong.

IP Marketing

Connecting people in shared space

Offering immersive experiences has become more common recently, but Hong Kong design house WARE has been creating such works for nearly a decade.

Art Exhibition

Melbourne hosts medical innovators

Melbourne is one of the most liveable cities in the world with a strong creative and design culture, attracting design companies, studios, manufacturers and research institutions to establish an active creative community.

Australia IP Health Medical products

Design-led innovation enriches lives

Good design addresses everyday problems, enriching people’s lives. Such design meshes with technology to disrupt markets.

Design Services Australia Art Health Medical

CENTRESTAGE draws 7,700 buyers

Fashion industry players see Hong Kong as an ideal platform for launching brands and trading, and expect online sales to continue surging, a survey of apparel buyers and sellers shows.

Fashion Clothing Apparel Design

Watch fairs draw buyers from across globe

The watch and clock industry is an industry-of-industries, aggregating component and accessory makers as well as final product assemblers and marketers. Quality component and product makers gravitate to a handful of hubs, such as Switzerland and Hong Kong.

Watches Clocks Apparel

Watch world has time for Hong Kong

Timepieces are a key industry in Hong Kong, with exports of finished items and components amounting to HK$54.8 billion (US$6.98 billion) last year and the United States, Mainland China and Europe the main destinations.

Jewellery Watches & Clocks Clocks Apparel Marketing

International Food, Tea Expos draw over 20,000 buyers

The HKTDC Food Expo’s global trade show, Food Expo PRO, and Hong Kong International Tea Fair have returned, drawing more than 20,000 buyers from 69 countries and regions, after travel restrictions fell away and participants could taste the food and beverages on offer following a three-year look-but-don't eat hiatus.

Food & Beverages Wellness Beauty Marketing